Wolsingham Sports Hall Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP
Approved on 10 February 2022
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredFast Track
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Proposal
Install solar PV panels on roofs to reach circa 40kwp
- Received
- 9 December 2021
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale (Historic)
- ReceivedReceived9 Dec
- ValidatedValidated20 Dec
- Consult.Consultation31 Jan
- TargetTarget Date14 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Wolsingham Sports Hall Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.
89% of outline applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DL13 3DP
- Application type
- Prior Notification Non Domes Solar Panel
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 December 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 7 February 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 January 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 January 2022
- Last date for comments
- 7 February 2022
- Target decision date
- 14 February 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 January 2022
- Site notice end
- 7 February 2022
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: WolsinghamPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: Leazes Lane, Dl13 3dnRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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